Re: IIS CRL Checking is really driving me crazy!!

From: David Cross [MS] (dcross_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/29/03


Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:22:34 -0800

whatis the CRL publication interval? the previous CRL issued by the CA must
be expired before any new CRLs will be loaded by the IIS server (CryptoAPI).

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"Ohaya" <ohaya@cox.net> wrote in message news:3F6D2FEE.31D91AF3@cox.net...
> Hi,
>
> As some of you may recall, I've been working with IIS for awhile,
> working with SSL and client certs/authentication in various
> configurations.  It seems like with each different configuration this
> all, and especially CRL checking works differently, and the latest
> configuration that I'm working with has absolutely got me totally
> befuddled.  The scenario seems so simple that I keep getting the feeling
> that I'm missing something here, but have just not been able to make
> this work.
>
> The previous configuration I've worked with had a Windows 2003 server,
> setup with Active Directory AND Certificate Server.  I also put together
> another configuration with Win2K3 without Active Directory AND with
> Certificate Server setup as a Standalone Certificate Server.
>
> In this latest configuration I installed a set of 3 machines:
>
> - MachineA: Windows Server 2003 configured as domain controller, with
> Active Directory and IIS installed.
>
> - MachineB: Windows Server 2003 - not on the MachineA domain, but on a
> workgroup (MISNET), and with Certificate Server (and IIS) installed.
> Certificate Server is configured as a Standalone CA.
>
> - MachineC: Windows 2000 Pro - this is my client machine
>
>
>
> Using Certificate Server on MachineB, I've been able to create/issue
> server and client certificates, which I've installed on MachineA and
> MachineC, respectively, and I have SSL and client authentication
> working,
>
> BUT....
>
> No matter what I've done so far, I cannot get the CRL/revocation working
> at all.
>
> I've revoked a test client certificate on the Certificate Server on
> MachineB, and published the CRL, but the client cert still seems to be
> working.
>
> I've rebooted MachineA, start/stopped IIS, etc., and still the client
> cert works.
>
> I've confirmed that I can access the .CRL file from MachineA, so I am
> completely puzzled.
>
> This seems like a pretty basic configuration, but it seems like IIS is
> not even trying to retrieve the CRL from MachineB.  I've actually run a
> small HTTP server on MachineB that I wrote awhile ago to monitor
> incoming requests for the CRL, and I never see any connects into that.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions????  What am I missing?
>
> Or, is there some reason why the configuration that I have here not
> workable?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim


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